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Cables for moving applications: chainflex®

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I am familiar with the chainflex cables from igus and know, among other things, the required specifications and bend radii of my cable.

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I know the environment variables of my application and would like to conveniently select and configure my cables online.

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Knowledge

I am unsure about the choice of cable and need further information about the structure, shielding and so on.

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Cable types

I am looking for cable types: control cables, bus cables, data cables, motor cables, fibre optic cables etc.

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Drive Tech

I am interested in chainflex cables especially for drive technology with and without connectors.

Cables for drive technology

From super to super cost-effective

Find electrically identical cables with mechanical differences and determine the best solution for your application.

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What advantages do our cables offer?

30 years of experience
4-year guarantee
Tested in our own laboratory on over 5,000m², 125 test systems, over 800 ongoing tests
Largest product range with 1,354 cable types for data, bus and hybrid systems, control and drive systems
Service life that can be calculated and configured
Available from stock, from lengths of 1m and within 36 hours
Cables for every type of movement: horizontal, vertical, torsional, high-speed
Free samples available
50% time saving during stripping thanks to unique CFRIP technology
With intelligent tensile-strength monitoring from smart plastics as an option for cables subjected to particularly heavy loads

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chainflex cables in use - Exciting practical examples from our customers

Using the right cable for every industry

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Predictable safety thanks to laboratory and field experience

We test our cables thoroughly in the industry's largest test laboratory.For this, we rely on 64 systems and 800 parallel tests.
After each test, we create a separate test report, which you can fall back on should you require documentation or an overview.Use it to find out test purpose and results.

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chainflex works - guaranteed and certified!

Do you value safety, quality and reliability when it comes to cables?
So do we! For many years, we have been manufacturing cables specifically for energy chains. It is particularly important to us to test all cables extensively so that they last a long time in your applications.
Today, we can give you a guarantee of up to 4 years on chainflex cables. In addition, our guarantee promise is also UL verified. But how did the guarantee come about and how was it certified?

The chainflex guaranteechainflex® works - guaranteed and certified!

New cables in 2025

Discover our new products for this year here. Exciting products await you in the areas of guarantee, top-drive applications, dry environments and drive technology. You can also look forward to news regarding service life calculation.

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Standards and approvals

At igus, we take great care to ensure that our chainflex cables comply with all guidelines and approval regulations of the most important international standards. Find out here which standards and approvals are relevant and in which regions of the world they play a special role.

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chainflex CASE

Save on delivery, storage space and reordering: ship'n store by igus. The chainflex CASE is a simple transport and storage solution. Users can unreel cables quickly and easily from the cardboard box at the point of use. Available in two sizes and with refill option.

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What are chainflex cables for motion?

Our cables fulfil all currently valid ROHS-II and REACH requirements as well as every electromagnetic compatibility standard. They are certified according to UL, DNV, EAC, CTP and CE and are also approved and certified for use in systems according to EtherCAT, CC-Link, CC-Link IE Field, PROFIBUS, PROFINET and Interbus.

A wide range of cable types with different jacket materials ensures high reliability in energy chains. igus chainflex cables prove themselves in various applications with considerable speeds and accelerations, long travels and the most adverse environmental conditions.

What is the difference between the cables?

What are concealed cables?
Concealed cables are rarely seen. They are protected from unfavourable surroundings. The application areas are primarily restricted to seabeds, masts (where they function as so-called overhead cables) or underground applications. In contrast to electrical engineering, the term is becoming increasingly popular in communication and information technology.

What are exposed cables?
In contrast to concealed cables, we encounter exposed cables much more frequently in everyday life. Like concealed cables, these (usually multi-core) cables are also used for energy or data transfer. In addition to high-voltage cables as well-known and visible cable types, cables for connecting TVs to games consoles or for charging a mobile phone are common everyday examples.

Sensor for a smart cable | i.Sense CF.P

This sensor has an "affinity" for cables ...
Cables that run in an energy chain require a particularly intensive "look":

The CF.P sensor measures the tensile forces on the cables
Permanently increased tensile forces can lead to cable damage and, in the worst case, to a cable fire
The CF.P sensor recognises incorrectly performed maintenance on the cables

Everything about the smart chainflex cable

Customer application examples

Pick and place machine

Ready-to-connect energy chain systems and heavy-duty special cables ensure smooth operation of pick and place machines.

400 million strokes are required.

Large machining centres

Measuring system cable from igus transmits signals reliably even over very long distances and ensures high machine availability.

Measuring system cable for long transmission distances

Fibre Optic Cables (FOC) for the automation technology

Mechanical engineering

For fast handling applications, such as in automated medicine storage facilities, metal-free fibre optic cables from igus ensure high transmission rates.

Transfer data quickly without interference